Believe it or not, that’s what President Obama told George Stephanopoulos in an ABC News interview Wednesday — one year after he took office.

And one day after Massachusetts voters sent a blaring wake-up call — with quite a different message — when they handed liberal lion Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat to no-name Republican Scott Brown.

Apparently, someone needs to set off a foghorn in the Oval Office, because Obama still doesn’t get it:

Americans are nervous — outraged, in fact — about his agenda.

Stephanopoulos, ex-President Bill Clinton’s communications director, actually had to spell it out: “Democrats have to reach out,” he said, paraphrasing Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.). “Slow down the agenda. Because Americans just aren’t buying what the Democrats are selling.”